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could be a big ray plenty of them around
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Thanks guys just woke up and have some sashimi cut and ready to eat .
Spewwing I'll be busy this Friday but very flexible next week. Give me a buzzGood stuff AL!
Cya friday hopefully if youre free
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Made a last minute decision last night to head out early for a possible king or two.
Arrived unpacked and unloaded the yak by 4am and ventured off to quickly to grab myself as many squid and lollipop yakkas as I could.
Squid were hard to come by with only 3 but yakkas were plentiful.
6 am sun starting rising so I got to my spot and sent down a yakka on one rod and a squid on another.
It was now 7:30 and still nothing has touched any of my baits and I was starting to get tired. VERY TIRED. I decided to chuck a metal on and have a shot at the occasional schools of fish busting up on the way back.
Ended up having a very nice king chase my metal for 15 meters before taking it 2 meters in front of me with insanely explosive force.
After a good 5 minute tug of war trying to get it away from structure the bastard ended up getting me around a pylon.
The 20lb braid and 20lb leader was not looking good.
I thought it was over until it started swimming back the right direction.
Shortly after the fish was gaffed and landed.
New pb fish going in at 92cm . Absolutely stoked and can't wait to get back out there after all this wind and rain buggers off.
Tackle.
Rod: nitro viper 6-8kg.
Reel: sustain 4000
Braid: ygk wx8 20lb
Leader: 20lb FC rock.
Both the braid and leader were frayed badly very lucky to land the fish.
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If your only fishing inside I'll be getting the pa 12 or 14 for sure.
If ur going to be heading to long reef I'd get the prowler
Although people do head out in pa's I wouldn't recommend it.
The 12 and 14 hav only 5 kg in weight difference but the 14 has a Tom more space up the front. They are really easy to rig up and I have gone on many fishing trips without even getting wet at all. Big advantage when fishing nights and winter.
Alan
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Damn now I'm Spewwing I couldn't make it
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On the pack i think it says do not place with other lures .
If u can get a litle box just for z mans it would be good or just leave em in their packets
Alan
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Hey mark hav you already bought a kayak?
That was quick hahaha
What did u end up getting?
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Hey mate there's a lot of questions to ask when picking a kayak.
New/second hand
What type of fishing( off shore , fresh , estauries ,creeks/rivers)
The length of the kayak. Longer = faster shorter = slower and more maneuverable
Wider = more stable skinnier = faster
From what I read you are looking for something in the fresh I presume it's for bassing?
I would be looking for something on the smaller side so I can move around the snags rocks fallen trees and structure easier.
The Viking nemo goes for about 700 $
Weighs 20kg 3.2m long 0.79 wide
Viking opal is a sit inside. About 800$
3 m long 21 kg and 0.8m wide
Ocean kayak Frenzy about 600
2.74m long 0.76 wide 19.5 kg.
These are the small kayaks which are listed in my kayak manual book.
If you want a pedal kayak your best option would be the hobie mirage sport which is the smallest of the pedaling kayaks but very pricey compared to a non ppedal kayak.
Keep an eye out for second hand kayaks you could snatch up a bargain.
As for the soft roof racks I hav no experience more do I know anyone who owns a kayak who uses one your best option would be to get a set of roof racks
Alan
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Definitely an early season.
Like last year season started I'm told in fed/ march i hope it doesnt end early. My last session last month managed to get a few nice fish with many many more lost. Still haven't got em all worked out with the hook up rate yet.
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It's a jokes and they want to decrease recreational limits and increase size limits.
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The next generation of squid mate
Their eggs in otherwords
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Good work Zarn. You need to join us a bit more on the yak.
Just remember to bring a net or gaff
1 jewwie last night sunk a hook in my leg and kept jumping around. The consequences of grilling the fish.
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10000 is so heavy 8000 sustain should do the job .
U won't ever need to fish with more than 10kg drag. Even at 7kg with a rod as long as the rockstar you would be struggling to hold it.
A reel with a higher drag capacity doesn't make it a better reel.
I'd pick sustain because it's reliable smoother and lighter.
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Spewing I couldn't see you land your first Paul. Half an hour too late .
I just received these photos off warren
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Definitely not a silver trevally. Unless its cross bred
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Thanks Grant.
We were fishing around Brooklyn, landbased.
The SP was 5" Gulp Jerk Shad.
If they were Taylors, how big do they have to be to do that?
I would like to get same size SP, hopefully next weekend, what line class would I have to use.
Today we only had 6lb line, I guess we would have a chance to land that fish if hooked up. Am I right?
Would appreciate any of your advice or tips.
Chris
Lots of tailor at Brooklyn. They don't have to be very big to be biting your plastics in half. 5 inch jerk shad will be destroyed by tailor even 15-20cm
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Hey zod the lights work a treat just curious how much dod u pay for it? I got the exact same thing buy the hobie one which inclides the hobie flag and they charge 125$$ maybe this is yhe alternative for hobie user if the price is right
Alan
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I've caught flathead jewfish and plenty of tailor at night recently caught my first bream. All color plastics work but I like to stick to white pinks reds blacks and clears.
Lol pretty much said every color
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Hmmm.. We were there on Monday downrigger middle harbour and almost every marker wedding cakes in the harbour nothing on the sounder nothing but jackets on our squid. Had the squid and yakkas just couldn't convert unfortunatley
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I have caught a few few jewwies on live yakkas and a lot of the time end up with my bait back.
You will notice the yakkas usually look very pale and scaled.
There were about 5 cases of the yakkas coming back scaled pale and with very small teeth marks along its body.
All it looks like is little pin holes along its body.
From what I have learnt Jews only use there teeth to get a hold of their prey if needed. They roll their prey in there mouth spit it out and then come for a second time for the finishing off shot.
All jewwies that I hav gutted caught on yakkas have had whole yakkas in them not chewed up yakkas.
I have caught small sharks and tailor which explAin the clean cut and also pj's / crabs which explain the crushed yakka.
I caught 2 Jews last night they've already been cleaned but my next few fish hopefully on the weekend I'll try get a few pics for you
Alan
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Happy birthday Pete.
Leave some jewwies and blackfish for us . =D
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Sharks and tailor I don't know about hairtail as I doubt they'd be on the bottom.
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Good work Zarn.
Hopefully we pick up a few tomorrow. Current pb standing at 74 so anything over 80 I'd be stoked.
Alan
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Lots off problems with wind knots and I had 1 spool which kept breaking under the weight class.
Definitely not worth headaches. You do get what you pay for 30 bucks per 150m.
Anyone tried it on Manly Dam?
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Me and 2 other raiders tried once after a mh trip.
A lot of small bass and Redfin and I mean lot !!
And after pedalling around the whole damn looking for carp finally worked them out turns out they were hanging in 2-3 m's of water on the eastern side of the damn right up against the shore.
WARNING!!! Some of the massive ducks/ swans / birds will jump in your yak to grab a feed of bread and corn. They are not scared at all and can be pretty intimidating.
Alan